Lamentations 3:27
Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
Matthew 11:29Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →